When they thought they were sufficiently revenged on him, they
untied him, almost fainting with loss of blood, from a thousand wounds
all over his body; from which they had rent his clothes, and led him
bleeding and naked as he was, and loaded him all over with irons,
and them rubbed his wounds, to complete their cruelty, with Indian
pepper, which had like to have made him raving mad; and, in this
condition made him so fast to the ground that he could not stir, if
his pains and wounds would have given him leave. They spared
Imoinda, and did not let her see this barbarity committed towards
her lord, but carried her down to Parham, and shut her up; which was
not in kindness to her, but for fear she should die with the sight, or
miscarry, and then they should lose a young slave, and perhaps the
mother.
You must know that when the news was brought on Monday morning
that Caesar had betaken himself to the woods, and carried with him all
the negroes, we were possessed with extreme fear, which no persuasions
could dissipate, that he would secure himself till night, and them,
that he would come down and cut all our throats. This apprehension
made all the females of us fly down the river to be secured; and while
we were away, they acted this cruelty; for I suppose I had authority
and interest enough there, had I suspected any such thing, to have
prevented it: but we had not gone many leagues but the news overtook
us, that Caesar was taken and whipped like a common slave.
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